A 30-year-old man was tackled and received blows to the face, but he's no crime victim, Fort Lauderdale police say.

Keith Kirk appeared in court Thursday with blackened, swollen eyes and stitches between the brows. He is accused of stealing a bicycle about noon Wednesday outside the One Stop Food Mart at 18 NW First Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

The beatdown was delivered by the bike's owner, Calvin McDougal of Lauderhill, according to a police report. The two men got into a fight when McDougal chased after Kirk to retrieve his $600 bicycle.

"I believe there was a little bit more than just a tackle," Broward County Judge John "Jay" Hurley said Thursday during Kirk's hearing in first appearance court. "Now, sir, you allegedly steal someone's bike and it looks like there was some street justice carried out."

Kirk was charged with grand theft and released on his own recognizance.

Velo Cult bike shop hosted a hoppin' party last night as a huge crowd turned out to help launch the bike book: Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland's Craft Beer Scene, by Bike.... It's exciting how Velo Cult has lived up to their promises of becoming so much more than a bike shop.

San Diego County governments may have to redraw a nearly $200 billion plan that lays out transportation projects for the next 40 years.

A county judge ruled this week that the plan doesn't meet state environmental laws on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The plan, adopted by the San Diego Association of Governments, calls for meeting transportation needs in the growing county with 130 new highway lanes, 156 miles of trolley service and nearly $4 billion in bike and pedestrian projects.

It was challenged by preservation groups and state Attorney General Kamala Harris.

Colleen Windsor, a spokeswoman for the San Diego Association of Governments, said the group feels the plan does meet state requirements. The group's board will meet Friday to discuss the ruling.

Feels good to see SANDAG get slapped by Kamala and all. I've commented on the SANDAG plans during their open comment period in years past to the effect that they just paid lip service to everything but automobiles. The bicycle portions of their past documents were a riot - literally nothing meaningful or for which they could be held accountable. It was all fluff. Anyways, I hope our Attorney General and the rest hold their feet to the fire and really don't back down - SANDAG is a joke and needs to be upended.

I am emailing you to let you and your community know that at some point in the next few months the City will be installing an All Way Stop in Talmadge at the intersection of Aldine Drive and Monroe Avenue.

Over the past 3 years there have been 13 reported accidents at this location, far above Council Policy 200-08 requirement for 5 accidents over 3 years to justify such a measure.

I thought City Heights should be informed because the consequent queuing of cars on Monroe Avenue will probably divert many City Heights drivers away from Monroe-Aldine and onto ECB-Fairmount. The change in driving behavior at the Euclid - ECB intersection will probably lead to service failures at that intersection as far more northbound drivers attempt unprotected left turns westward onto ECB. My guess is it will be worst during the morning commute.

sykkelspruce:Are there any numbers as of yet? Or when did the counting start?

The counters have all been in for at least three months and the data is streaming in around the clock, but Sherry Ryan at SDSU's Active Transportation Research is still working on how to publish the data in a useful way.

I think bike-specific roads might just be considered separate bike / multi-use paths. As I understand it, bike boulevards allow local car traffic (people living on the street) but discourage through traffic by blocking turns in some directions off of main streets while still allowing bicycles to travel through.

In the end, Gritzner didn't pay much for his crime and cover-up. He was charged with "misdemeanor property damage" by the L.A. City Attorney, who couldn't get excited about a hit-and-run in which no bones were broken — that would be a felony. According to Ward, Gritzner only had to pay a $500 fine and pick up trash for 30 days.

I take issue with the headline and calling these people NIMBYs. The reality is they are primary stakeholders in that neighborhood, and weren't treated as such. Most likely if the city/developers came to them earlier with a story and vision for the project, they would have got them on board. I've seen this same lack of basic management and leadership skills play out in my neighborhood, where developers got a significant project approved which was later canned after a community uprising. Calling residents or business owners of a neighborhood NIMBYs seems a bit out-dated and arrogant. It's a shame when these projects which would be positive for these neighborhoods get sunk due to poor leadership.

McLovin sent me that article and I thought "Awwww, how adorable....he went ALL Saturday without using one drop of gas!!!"Too funny that they think because he commutes on his bike that he is now TdF material. :)

I take issue with the headline and calling these people NIMBYs. The reality is they are primary stakeholders in that neighborhood, and weren't treated as such. Most likely if the city/developers came to them earlier with a story and vision for the project, they would have got them on board. I've seen this same lack of basic management and leadership skills play out in my neighborhood, where developers got a significant project approved which was later canned after a community uprising. Calling residents or business owners of a neighborhood NIMBYs seems a bit out-dated and arrogant. It's a shame when these projects which would be positive for these neighborhoods get sunk due to poor leadership.

JSnook: I take issue with the headline and calling these people NIMBYs. The reality is they are primary stakeholders in that neighborhood, and weren't treated as such. Most likely if the city/developers came to them earlier with a story and vision for the project, they would have got them on board.

Cyclists sharing transit only lanes with buses may not be ideal but a shared transit/bicycle lane would be a great improvement over what's there today. I'll take sharing a lane with busses that come every 10 min as opposed to a general purpose lane any day of the week.

Transportation groups present included Walk San Diego, BikeSD, Move San Diego and Great Streets San Diego. Greater North Park, Uptown Centre City, Old Town and Balboa Park planning committees also took part as stakeholder groups.

That SUCKS! While having the raised median would preclude me from turning onto NB Alabama from EB University, I was looking forward to having that there. That is a bad intersection with too many in cars taking too many chances.

Cyclists sharing transit only lanes with buses may not be ideal but a shared transit/bicycle lane would be a great improvement over what's there today. I'll take sharing a lane with busses that come every 10 min as opposed to a general purpose lane any day of the week.

Sharing a lane can be done and can be done quite easily. On my 2009 bike tour through Washington, I followed old US 99. A long portion south of Seattle as far as Federal Way was six lanes with a "HOV" lane on the outside lane. This meant buses for the most part, as I was riding in the morning against traffic. It was the easiest and nicest ride through a major city on a major street I'd ever been on. I took the lane most of the time with NO issues.

Just saw a promo blurb on NBC7/39 about a story on Critical Mass coming up on the News @ 11PM and "ways to solve it". I tried searching the website but couldn't find anything. Hope to make it home tonight in time to see what they have to say - or if someone watches it could they report back?

I saw the nbc piece. Apparently some guy with a political background, Anthony Wagner, has focused on the police cost to accompany the ride. NBC partner, VOSD has printed his letter to editor on the topic.

Good design also improves human behaviour. I hear the same thing all over the world. Those damn cyclists. Breaking the law, running red lights, riding on sidewalks. Shaking the very foundations of our society with their behaviour. Well, I have one, simple response to that. Those cyclists haven't been given adequate infrastructure – or worse... none at all. Not to mention the fact that they are forced to abide by car-centric laws.